Tales from the Thousand Lakes
Tales from the Thousand Lakes is the second studio album by Finnish heavy metal band Amorphis.
Tales from the Thousand Lakes | ||||
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Studio album by Amorphis | ||||
Released | September 1st, 1994 | |||
Recorded | September 1993 at Sunlight Studio | |||
Genre | Melodic death metal, death/doom, folk metal, progressive death metal | |||
Length | 39:53 | |||
Label | Relapse, Nuclear Blast | |||
Producer | Tomas Skogsberg, Amorphis | |||
Amorphis album chronology | ||||
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Track listing
No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
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1. | "Thousand Lakes" | (instrumental) | Kasper Mårtenson | 2:03 |
2. | "Into Hiding" | traditional | Esa Holopainen, Olli-Pekka Laine | 3:42 |
3. | "The Castaway" | traditional | Tomi Koivusaari, Holopainen, Laine, Mårtenson | 5:30 |
4. | "First Doom" | Holopainen | Holopainen | 3:49 |
5. | "Black Winter Day" | traditional | Mårtenson | 3:48 |
6. | "Drowned Maid" | traditional | Koivusaari, Holopainen, Laine | 4:23 |
7. | "In the Beginning" | traditional | Holopainen, Laine | 3:34 |
8. | "Forgotten Sunrise" | Holopainen | Holopainen | 4:50 |
9. | "To Father's Cabin" | traditional | Holopainen, Laine | 3:47 |
10. | "Magic and Mayhem" | traditional | Holopainen | 4:27 |
Total length: |
39:53 |
Bonus tracks
2011 reissue edition bonus tracks | |||||||||
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No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length | |||||
11. | "Folk of the North" | (instrumental) | Koivusaari | 1:17 | |||||
12. | "Moon and Sun" | traditional | Koivusaari | 3:36 | |||||
13. | "Moon and Sun Part II: North's Son" | traditional | Koivusaari | 5:10 | |||||
14. | "Light My Fire" (The Doors cover) | The Doors | The Doors | 2:53 |
Credits
- Band members
- Olli-Pekka Laine - Bass
- Kasper Mårtenson - Keyboards, Moog organ
- Esa Holopainen - Lead guitar
- Jan Rechberger - Drums
- Tomi Koivusaari - Rhythm guitar, Vocals
- Additional musician
- Ville Tuomi - Clean vocals
- Production
- Tomas Skogsberg - Producer, Engineering
- Bill Yurkiewicz - Executive producer
- John Vihervä - Photography
- Dangerous Dave Shirk - Mastering
- Matthew Jacobson - Executive producer
- Inna Aarniala - Photography
- Sjlvain Bellemare - Cover art
- Darius Ramazani - Photography